Bangui M'Poko International Airport

Bangui M'Poko International Airport
Airport terminal
IATA: BGF – ICAO: FEFF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government
Location	Bangui, CAR
Elevation AMSL	1,208 ft / 368 m
Coordinates	04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°ECoordinates: 04°23′54.51″N 018°31′07.63″E / 4.3984750°N 18.5187861°E
Map
BGF Airport in Central African Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 11,600

Airport tarmac.

Bangui M'Poko International Airport (IATA: BGF, ICAO: FEFF) is an international airport located 7 km (4 miles) northwest of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

In 2004, the airport served 53,862 passengers.

In 2012, the airport had an average attendance of about 120,000 passengers, despite a maximum capacity of 10,000 passengers.^[1]

The airport is currently an unofficial refugee camp for some 60,000 refugees as of May 2014. ^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle[3]
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan,[4] Douala[5]
ASKY Airlines	Douala, Lomé,[6]
Karinou Airlines	Douala
Kenya Airways	Douala, Entebbe [7] Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta[8]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
TAAG Angola Airlines	Brazzaville, Douala, Luanda[9]

Sexual abuse allegations

18 soldiers from France, Chad and Equatorial Guinea were accused of receiving oral sex and sodomizing children at the airport during 2014. Tens of thousands of refugees live at the airport due to the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic.^[10]

Statistics

Bangui Airport Passenger

Statistics for Bangui International Airport

Year	Total passengers	% Increase	Freight (tons)	Total Aircraft movements
2003	12,666	-%	50	1178
2004	53,862	76.8%	105	3871
2005	52,854	–0.4%	905	4722
2006	66,058	15.9%	2152	5609
2007	97,633	37.2%	2841	7258
2008	107,079	4.4%	2885	7049

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Africa

References

1. https://www.afriquenouvelle.fr/Aeroport-Bangui-M-poko-bientot-la-grande-mutation_a1192.html[]
2. "Stranded at Bangui Airport: The Refugee Crisis in Central African Republic (PHOTOS)". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
3. Air France May 2014 flight Map, one flight per week, http://www.airfrance.se/SE/en/common/guidevoyageur/reseau/reseau_airfrance_airfrance.htm
4. "Air Cote d'Ivoire W15 Africa Service Expansions". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
5. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267440/air-cote-divoire-nw16-preliminary-service-changes/
6. ASKY June 2016 Timetable, http://www.flyasky.com/asky/horaires/bgf
7. "Kenya Airways Africa Service Changes from July 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
8. "Kenya Airways Proposes Bangui Service from Oct 2015". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
9. TAAG Angola timetable 2015, http://www.taag.com/en/regional-flights.aspx
10. Reuters, May 7, 2015 10:09am EDT, Inquiry begins into alleged child abuse in Central Africa by French troops, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-france-centralafrica-abuse-idUSKBN0NS1F920150507

External links

• Official Airline Guide http://www.oag-flights.com
• Airport information for FEFF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Bangui Airport: http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByAirport.do?airportCode=BGF&airportQueryType=1